@none: "Hey Marcel!! 
New pictures of the little one? Is he here yet?
Is Gen ok?  Hoping everything comes out ok!
It's time! <taps watch>"
    @none: "Marcel Beaudoin <email_address> spoke these words of wisdom in 
news:<email_address>:
<quote>
FIngers Crossed!"
    @tinydancer357: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
Get her out walking, Marcel.  Better to not have to go the induction route
if at all possible.  I've had 'em both ways, the last one induced.  All in
all, I prefered the regular deliveries over being induced, JMHO.
Got my fingers and toes crossed for you and Gen, in a holding pattern here
waiting for your good news!  Hugs to Gen, this is the hardest time for mom,
the waiting game.
best.
td"
    @phyrie_removethis_: ""Marcel Beaudoin" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
FWIW my last baby was induced, although just mechanically.  Basically, they 
broke my water with a crochet hook-looking tool.  Micheal was delivered in 
less than two and a half hours, from poke to "waaaa!".  Best of luck to you.
Phyrie
Kiba the Cav's Pics:
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    @furrealpawdog: "<quote>
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Mechanical induction is something I haven't read about or thought=20
of in, oh, say, the last 20 or 30 years, and now twice in one=20
week!  Seen Tuesday in the New York Times:
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October 30, 2007
Vital Signs
Childbirth: Purposely Breaking Water Does Not Speed Delivery
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
"A large review of studies suggests that a common procedure in=20
labor, intentionally breaking the water, has no effect in=20
reducing the labor time or assuring the baby=92s health.
The procedure, sometimes called amniotomy, involves rupturing the=20
amniotic membranes to speed contractions. The procedure has been=20
in use for at least 250 years, although its popularity has varied.
The researchers reviewed 14 randomized controlled trials=20
involving almost 5,000 women and found little evidence for any=20
benefits. Amniotomy did not shorten the length of labor, decrease=20
the need for the labor-stimulating drug oxytocin, decrease pain,=20
reduce the number of instrument-aided births or lead to serious=20
maternal injury or death.
The report, published Oct. 17 in The Cochrane Reviews, did find=20
that the procedure might be associated with an increase in=20
Caesarean sections and a reduced risk of a lower reading on the=20
Apgar scale, which rates the baby=92s anthonystephens@example.net. But=20
neither finding was statistically significant.
=93We advise women whose labors are progressing normally to request=20
their waters be left intact,=94 said the lead author, Dr. Rebecca=20
Smyth, a research associate at the University of Liverpool.=20
=93There is no evidence that leaving the waters intact causes any=20
problems, and there is not sufficient evidence to suggest any=20
benefit to either themselves or their baby.=94
FurPaw
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a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
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    @phyrie_removethis_: ""FurPaw" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
*snip*
Mechanical induction is something I haven't read about or thought
of in, oh, say, the last 20 or 30 years, and now twice in one
week!  Seen Tuesday in the New York Times:
<url>
*snip again*
�We advise women whose labors are progressing normally to request
their waters be left intact,� said the lead author, Dr. Rebecca
Smyth, a research associate at the University of Liverpool.
�There is no evidence that leaving the waters intact causes any
problems, and there is not sufficient evidence to suggest any
benefit to either themselves or their baby.�
FurPaw
Hmm.... I wasn't in labour when I was "induced".  I had an unusual 
pregnancy, in that I only gained 6 pounds, from the last weight my doctor 
had on record to the end.  They were worried about my baby, and was 
subjected to various "stress" tests, which basically involved strapping an 
ultrasound wand to my abdomen and waiting for baby to move.  If he moved and 
his heart rate increased, he was fine.  If not... I don't know.   He never 
co-operated, and I suffered through many ferry trips and long waits for them 
to hook me up and then have the little bugger just sleep.  They didn't want 
to leave me past my due date, as the placenta begins to fail after 40 weeks, 
and, as I knew the day when he was conceived, we knew when to induce.  I 
warned the doctor that I deliver quickly ( my first baby, delivered at 17 
years old, I delivered from first contraction to birth in less than three 
hours!) but he didn't believe me.  He missed the birth.  Once he punctured 
the membrane and assured himself and me that the "water" was clear and not 
..well, off (!), he buggered off to his other scheduled cesarean sections. 
Micheal was born less than two hours later.  Mechanical worked for me...they 
"threatened" me with the induction drugs, if the mechanical didn't work.  I 
was under the impression that it was a last resort.  This was 25 years ago, 
so I'm sure things must have changed since then.  BTW, Micheal weighed 5# 13 
oz., one ounce bigger than his sister when she was born.
Phyrie
Kiba the Cav's Pics:
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